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Upside Down en · PROPN

Etymology

Coined by Stranger Things.

Meanings

1. A dark and horrifying reality where the rules are different.
   • This Upside Down economy was the product, Hansen said, of a shriveling population, the closing of the frontier and the maturing of industries. 2019 August 13, Greg Rosalsky, “Is Our Economy In The Upside Down?”, in NPR, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2020:
   • it asks courts to step into the reality educators face: the reality of teaching in the upside down. 2023 January 14, Tess Bissell, “Teaching in the Upside Down: What Anti–Critical Race Theory Laws Tell Us About the First Amendment”, in Stanford Law Review, volume 75, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023, page 212:
   • It is in the upside down where we can find many opportunities to grow and learn. 2022 September 14, Scott R. Sheehan, “The President’s Prose: Inside, Outside, Upside Down”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 109, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 7–10:

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